View target on iMac late 2009
Hello.
Unfortunately my iMac late2009 a big problem: the iMac works fine but I had black and artifacts are on display (i.e. on the left side of the finder window). I suspect that the graphics card has disappeared.
It seems that he is too old to be reapired, so I think to recicle my iMac as a second monitor to a new Mac or my MacBookPro 2010.
My question is: is it possible to use the iMac in target Display Mode broken if the graphics card is damaged?
Thanks in advance
Roberto
Hi Robert,.
Although it is possible to do you would still experience the dark parts of the screen as it would still use its own graphics card. It could also cause crashes and random reboots. Sorry buddy.
Paris,
Al
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